Bhubaneswar, 2nd June (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government was emphasizing on the development of the economically backward eastern Indian states to uproot poverty in the region.

Ahmedabad, 2nd June (IANS): After 14 long years, a special Gujarat sessions court on Thursday convicted 24 people, including Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Atul Vaidya, in the sensational Gulberg massacre case in which 69 people, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were burnt alive on February 28, 2002.

Agartala, 31ST MAY (IANS): The quality of discussions in parliament has been deteriorating and the lawmakers' viewpoint and participation must be improved, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said here on Tuesday.